George Loch
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Have you tried installing FCS and it wouldn’t allow it?
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I was going to mention that as well but, the crossgrade allowed for academic licenses as well as commercial so I was not sure. Probably a one time exception given thee platform change.
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Niether FCP or PPro academic versions are limited in terms of functionlaity. Where they are limited is in use and license. You have only personal-use license for them meaning ‘no work for profit’ (some claim that Apple’s license is a little more generous).
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Absolutely Walter. However, there were two major stumbling blocks for certain groups of potential buyer of their new H/W:
-Those who aren’t sure about OS X as they have never used and don’t want to get ‘stuck’.
-Those, like ME, that can’t live without access to the Adobe suite of tools on the H/W
This move addresses both in a very interesting way. So, yes, this will definitely help sell H/W – to new and old customers.
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[MitchJi] “This should allow running AE on an Intel Mac before Adobe releases a Mac Intel version. This will allow some users to transition to faster Intel Mac’s without waiting for Adobe.”
I honestly believe that this is part of Apple’s motivation. It was a low-hanging fruit approach to appeasing the whole “Adobe problem”. The MBP will scream in AE for windows – just look at the latest Dell Laptop, the M90, and the tests being done on it. We already know it does so in Photoshop.
I can’t even imagine how this is going to affect workflow in terms of applications. I can now choose to run Maya on either OS depending on which it runs best on…with a single license.
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No question: This is to help sell h/w and it will.
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[Gary Taylor] “I disagree with your assertion that FW800 will not be missed. Until Apple starts to ship the MBP with something like FW800 or eSATA, pro users will have to sacrifice that single precious ExpressCard for storage instead for some cool video card that AJA or BlackMagic might come up with later.”
My assertion is that FW800 never really took hold in the first place compared to other standards. You still have a hard time finding a good assortment of FW800-based solutions. SATA is going to be a lot more useful and is already more available than FW800. I just built another PC workstation that had external SATA ports availability built into the MB. I ahve built many such computers and have yet to see FW800 included.
[Gary Taylor] “The MBP looks to be a cool system but I for one am going to wait to see that the expected 17 inch model offers. In addition to higher resolution I am really hoping it offers FW800.”
I would not hold my breath for AJA or BMD to come forward with something. They already know the major limitation of the MBP and is the very thing you mentioned – no way to get high speed storage and HD. HDV would work of course but, that is the extent of it.
Keep in mind that Apple did not deliberately ‘leave off’ FW800. They based their design off of Intel reference and Intel does not include FW800 in the specs of any of their motherboards. The fact is, FW800 is relagated to an very vertical users base and will not make it back onto the Apple platform except through third party h/w developers. What I would NOT be suprised to see are external SATA ports on the Intel-based desktops. That could be easily done and would make a lot of sense.
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There are two manufactures that are working on Express 34 SATA2 cards for the MBP. One of them is nearly ready with it.
So, rest assured that there *will* be options fro the MBP and we will soon not even care that FW800 has gone the way of other flash in the pan technologies.
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[Gary Taylor] “I think you are also right about that possibly being a future problem with the MacBook Pro. At this point I don’t see much besides portability that makes the Macbooks better than the iMacs for editing.”
Well, yes and no. The iMac *may* be better than the MBP in stock form for DV editing due to it’s dual FW ports (Not sure if that will still ensure the ability to reliably capture from a DV deck to a FW drive or not). However, the MBP will have the potential to connect faster storage while the iMac never will. I am confident that we will see eSATA in the Express 34 form. therefore, I would still prefer the MBP as an editing solution if presented with the pair. I do think the iMac duo will make an excellen value for a 1 man DV editing station…especially considering you can run the complete FCS suite of tools on it. A $1,500 20″ Duo is really a bargain for that scenario.
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The problem with that card is it’s Express 54 (meaning 54mm wide) which will not work in the MBP’s Express 34 slot.
That may be the biggest limitation with the slot for expansion purposes.
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